Latest Brazil matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Strange nights linger. Brazil finished first in Group C on 7 points and Norway went through behind them on 6, yet the scoreboard belonged to Norway and the underlying picture leaned the other way, which is why this 1:2 will sit awkwardly long after the table has been filed away.
Brazil committed four fouls in ninety minutes — dominance so complete it barely required contact. The rest reads accordingly: 69% possession, 19 shots to 5, and a 2:1 win the 45% index calls unremarkable.
Brazil needed no drama. A 4.33 xG evening produced a 0:3 away win at the World Cup group stage, and the 52% Crime Index confirms the obvious: the favourite did favourite things, thoroughly and on schedule.